Busted! WWF did approve tasteless 9/11 ad

This keeps getting worse. The environmental group World Wildlife Fund (WWF)—we know, we called it Federation yesterday—issued a strong statement Tuesday condemning a print ad that ran in Brazil depicting numerous airplanes descending on Manhattan. The ad included the text, “The tsunami killed 100 times more people than 9/11. The planet is brutally powerful. Respect it. Preserve it.” The ad featured WWF’s logo; however, the organization thrust blame onto DDB Brazil, claim…

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